Chickens rescued from battery farm

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Victoria, Australia

 

media release December 11, 2000

 

ESCAPE IS THE ONLY OPTION!

 

19 Chickens Run Free From Victorian Egg Factory

 

PRESS CONFERENCE

Monday, December 11, 2000 at 11 am

2A Spray Street, Elwood 3184

 

 

The Action Animal Rescue Team, Australia’s only animal rights group

dedicated to farmed animals, last night orchestrated a mass ‘CHICKEN

RUN’ at Nature’s Dozen Egg Farm, north of Melbourne.

 

19 battery hens found a way out of their cages but then found themselves

trapped in a giant manure pit below. The activists then aided their

great escape from this enormous factory which imprisons 120,000 hens.

 

The hens, who will flaunt their freedom at today’s press conference,

will live out their natural lives at lush animal sanctuaries, and will

never become ‘chicken pie’.

 

The Action Animal Rescue Team have repeatedly rescued dozens of hens

from this manure dungeon. Last night’s ‘run’ was the fourth time this

year the activists have broken in and raided the property. The police

and RSPCA have been notified each time and continue to turn a blind eye,

both to the starving animals and to several forced entries.

 

The Action Animal Rescue Team vows to help chickens run from the

appalling and inhumane conditions inside Australia’s egg factories until

all are free!.

 

Rescue Team member Romeo Gadze said today:

 

" No hen deserves to die in her own waste. The current movie, CHICKEN RUN

shows that hens can be heroes too. To know them is to love them. The

birds rescued last night, like Ginger, Rocky and friends, have

experienced an exodus to freedom that 10 million battery hens imprisoned

around Australia can only dream about. "

 

 

further information: Romeo Gadze 0401 257 098

Patty Mark (03) 9531 4367

 

 

VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE 'RUN' AVAILABLE